Two undocumented farmworkers died in California while fleeing
immigration agents who were pursuing the wrong person. Immigration
and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers arrived in the early morning
at a house they believed belonged to a Mexican citizen who had
previously been deported. When a man exited the house and got into
his vehicle, the agents turned on their emergency lights and pulled
him over.

Two undocumented farmworkers died in California while fleeing
immigration agents who were pursuing the wrong person. Immigration
and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers arrived in the early morning
at a house they believed belonged to a Mexican citizen who had
previously been deported. When a man exited the house and got into
his vehicle, the agents turned on their emergency lights and pulled
him over.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A job-related dispute led to a health
care worker opening fire inside a hospital in a shooting that left
two people dead and another critically injured, authorities said
Thursday.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada judge on Thursday allowed voters to
remove their signatures from petitions seeking recalls of two
Democratic lawmakers, possibly dooming a controversial Republican
effort to flip the state Senate to GOP control.

Witnesses of the bridge collapse at Florida International
University in Miami have described a cloud of dust being sent into
the air alongside a thunderous boom as the newly built, 950-tonne
pedestrian structure smashed into the street below, trapping
several vehicles. People could be heard screaming from the trapped
cars underneath the rubble of the bridge as emergency responders
arrived and began to search for survivors. “The sound was
thundering,” Piqué Philips, who was driving on the fourth floor of
a parking garage adjacent to the bridge, told The Independent.

Witnesses of the bridge collapse at Florida International
University in Miami have described a cloud of dust being sent into
the air alongside a thunderous boom as the newly built, 950-tonne
pedestrian structure smashed into the street below, trapping
several vehicles. People could be heard screaming from the trapped
cars underneath the rubble of the bridge as emergency responders
arrived and began to search for survivors. “The sound was
thundering,” Piqué Philips, who was driving on the fourth floor of
a parking garage adjacent to the bridge, told The Independent.

Several people were killed and cars crushed when a newly
installed pedestrian bridge spanning several lanes of traffic
collapsed at Florida International University in Miami-Dade County,
officials said. There were at least five to six vehicles crushed
underneath the pedestrian crosswalk.

The bridge connects the university with the city of Sweetwater
and was installed on Saturday in six hours over the eight-lane
highway, according to a story that was posted on the university’s
website. It was 174 feet (53 m) long and weighed 950 tons.

Television footage showed firefighters were walking across the
flattened wreckage and medics were treating injured people.
Emergency personnel appeared to be trying to work their way through
a hole in the top of the bridge. (Reuters)

Several people were killed and cars crushed when a newly
installed pedestrian bridge spanning several lanes of traffic
collapsed at Florida International University in Miami-Dade County,
officials said. There were at least five to six vehicles crushed
underneath the pedestrian crosswalk.

The bridge connects the university with the city of Sweetwater
and was installed on Saturday in six hours over the eight-lane
highway, according to a story that was posted on the university’s
website. It was 174 feet (53 m) long and weighed 950 tons.

Television footage showed firefighters were walking across the
flattened wreckage and medics were treating injured people.
Emergency personnel appeared to be trying to work their way through
a hole in the top of the bridge. (Reuters)

South Africa summoned Australia's envoy to Pretoria Thursday to
explain comments by a Canberra minister who suggested "persecuted"
white farmers in the country should be offered fast-tracked
humanitarian visas. Australia's Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton,
who has drawn criticism for cracking down on asylum seekers from
Asia and the Middle East, said white farmers could be admitted as
refugees. Dutton made the offer in response to Pretoria's vow to
enact land "expropriation without compensation" to redress land
confiscations of the colonial and apartheid era.

Two Malian militia groups say they have recovered a US military
vehicle and weapons that jihadist fighters seized after a deadly
ambush of American special forces in neighbouring Niger in October.
The claim was made in a statement released on Wednesday by two
armed groups, one of which in 2015 signed up to a peace deal with
the Malian government pledging to join its fight against jihadists.
The US Africa Command (Africom), asked by AFP, said the Pentagon
"is aware" of the claim.

Two Malian militia groups say they have recovered a US military
vehicle and weapons that jihadist fighters seized after a deadly
ambush of American special forces in neighbouring Niger in October.
The claim was made in a statement released on Wednesday by two
armed groups, one of which in 2015 signed up to a peace deal with
the Malian government pledging to join its fight against jihadists.
The US Africa Command (Africom), asked by AFP, said the Pentagon
"is aware" of the claim.

By Krisztina Than BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Prime Minister Viktor
Orban told a huge rally on Thursday that in elections next month
Hungarians must fight "external forces and international powers"
who want mass immigration into their country. The 54-year-old,
seeking a third consecutive term and campaigning on an
anti-immigration agenda, said the April 8 vote was the "greatest
battle" faced so far by the tens of thousands of his supporters
waving national flags in front of parliament. "External forces and
international powers want to force all this (immigration) on us ...
with the help of their henchmen here in Hungary, and they see the
coming election as a good opportunity for this." Many of the
million irregular migrants from the Middle East, Asia and Africa
who trekked across southeast Europe in 2015 passed through
Hungary.

A man who claimed he dug up and cremated the body of missing
teenager Natalee Holloway to help his murder suspect friend has
himself been killed while attempting to kidnap a woman, police have
revealed. The violent death of John Ludwick is the latest strange
development in the hunt for Natalee, who was last seen getting into
a car after leaving a nightclub at 1.30am on May 30 2005, the day
she was due to fly home from a high school graduation trip to the
Caribbean island of Aruba. Dutchman Joran van der Sloot remains the
prime suspect in the case, but has never been charged with
Natalee’s murder or disappearance.

A Ukrainian lawmaker once hailed as a hero and a symbol of
resistance against Russia, has been accused of plotting a terrorist
attack against the Kiev parliament, authorities said Thursday.
Ukraine's General Prosecutor Yury Lutsenko told lawmakers in
parliament an investigation had "indisputable evidence" that Nadiya
Savchenko planned a "terror attack" on parliament. Parliament on
Thursday voted to expel Savchenko from its national security and
defence committee.

By Samia Nakhoul, Laila Bassam and Tom Perry BEIRUT (Reuters) -
Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah does not expect its arch foe Israel to
launch a war for now in Lebanon but is prepared for one, the deputy
leader of the Iran-backed Shi'ite group told Reuters in an
interview on Thursday. As the war in Syria enters its eighth year,
Sheikh Naim Qassem also said there was no end in sight to the
conflict which would go on for at least two more years, and
President Bashar al-Assad could not be forced out of an eventual
settlement. "There is no solution in Syria under the title of
'excluding President Assad'.

By Tom Perry and Laila Bassam BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria's war is
reaching a point where President Bashar al-Assad will not be able
to win back much more territory without risking conflicts with
foreign powers that have sent military forces to the country. The
expected conquest of eastern Ghouta will be another milestone in
Assad's effort to crush the rebellion as the war enters its eighth
year with Russia and Iran still firmly behind him. Assad's foreign
enemies have condemned the assault but failed to stop it, as was
seen in Homs, Aleppo and other areas where pro-government forces
crushed outgunned rebels.

At first glance, it may seem unclear why resurgent world power
Russia, flush with success after restoring its regional foothold in
Syria, would show much interest in Lebanon. The tiny country on the
eastern Mediterranean, once a vassal state of its far more powerful
neighbor Syria, a former Soviet client, is grappling with a long
list of political and economic woes. In addition, Lebanon seems
forever perched on the edge of a potentially catastrophic war
between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah organization, the
dominant political force in the country.